Tips to grow healthy nails

Tips to grow healthy nails

Apart from beauty, regular maintenance of nails is essential for retaining our general health condition. Compared to men, women are more concerned about maintenance of their nails. However the fact remains that both men and women should take equal care about regular maintenance of their nails.

Ideal, healthy nails would be transparent and pink in colour. In fact increased blood circulation gives pinkish appearance to the nails. So the basic attempt of any person should be to maintain their nails pinkish and transparent in nature. Equal importance should be given to finger nails and toe nails.

Here are a few tips to grow and maintain healthy nails:

• Clean, healthy and protein rich diet has a direct impact on the general health condition of one’s nails. Food enriched with vitamins especially vitamin B 12 and B 5, Potassium, Calcium, Zinc and Iron will help you to maintain healthy beautiful nails. Try to include Almonds, Spinach, Celery, Yogurt, Broccoli, Fish, Onion, Whole Grains and the Eggs in your regular diet. Apart from this, regular intake of lots of fruits, raw vegetables and other fiber rich foods will help one to maintain healthy beautiful nails.
• Like skin, plenty of water intakes are essential for making one’s nails strong and healthy.
• If you have brittle nail problem it is better to avoid using alcohol based nail polish.
• Vitamin A rich food is ideal for curing nail brittleness.
• It is a proved fact that proteins, folic acid and vitamin C are helpful in treating hang nail problem.
• To avoid problems of dryness and darkening of nails, Vitamin B 12 is very helpful. If you are suffering from darkening and dryness of nails take Vitamin B 12 supplement.
• A white spot on nails is a common problem. In take of Zinc is a remedy for that.
• Persons suffering from cracks on nails are recommended to take plenty of liquid food including fresh juice and water. Fresh carrot juice enriched with calcium and phosphorous is helpful in treating this problem.
• Red skin around cuticles is a problem that is caused due to poor metabolism. To increase one’s metabolism, include lot of pulses in your regular food.
• Apart from minerals, vitamins etc. essential fatty acids also play an important role in making one’s nails healthy and strong.
• One should avoid excessive use of nail removers as it causes dryness to nails.
• Constant contact with water may adversely affect the growth and strength of nails. When you are engaged in washing dishes always remember to a use rubber gloves.
• Nails should be allowed to breath. So avoid wearing nail polish continuously.
• Never try to pick nail polish.
• Cutting of cuticles may invite bacterial infections.
• Corners of nail should not be filed.
• Whenever you go out, make it a habit to wear sun block creams on your nails also.
• Make it a habit to clean your hands and nails thoroughly every day. For washing hands use warm water. It would be more effective if you can find a few minuets to soak your hand as well as feet in lukewarm water every day. You may add a few drops of lemon juice in this water. Use mild soaps and soft brushes to clean finger and toe nails. Cuticles are to be massaged using a moisturizing cream.

Hence, nails are major protective layer of our body and have to be taken great care in looking after it. Spending little time on your nails once a week, can give you beautiful and healthy nails in a few months time. Be practical and continue the process for ever. Protect your nails from being brittle as the chances for it to break are increased. The nails of a person can talk a lot about the attitude and cleanliness of the person. This is especially true in case of toe nails. Therefore it is very important to keep our nails clean and dirt free as the nails also serve to transmit various diseases. Educating yourself about the importance of nails and also the role played by it can make you more aware of these features thus enhancing pretty and healthy nails forever!